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A Family Systems Look At The Developmentally Disabled
Author(s) -
JaffeRuiz Marilyn
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1984.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - openness to experience , coping (psychology) , psychology , compassion , mental health , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , political science , law
In summary, families of the developmentally disabled need to be looked at in terms of their system wholeness. Interacting elements of the subsystems have unique concerns and coping styles. Psychiatric nurses are in a key position in the mental health scene to assess these coping styles and to offer compassion, understanding, knowledge, and needed resources to assist these overburdened families to move in the direction of openness, growth, and health.